Portable loading gauge for railroad cars



Dec. 9, 1930.. J. REMOND PORTABLE LOADING GAUGE FOR RAILROAD CARS Filed Nov. 5, 1928 Patented Dec. 9, 19300 UNITED uoouns BEMOND, or minus, Eamon PORTABLE LOADING GAUGE or; RAILROAD Application filed November 5, 1928, Serial No. 317,376, and in France November 21, 1927,

19 cars can only be brought under the gauge by an engine during the time, often limited, at which the trains are handled. If the car will not pass under the gauge, it cannot be at once put in use, and the load must be overhauled, thus delaying the circulation of the rolling stock.

The present invention has for its object to obviate all such drawbacks,and it relates to a loading gauge of a movable type which can be readily transported andcan be placed near a car which is bein loaded, in such manner that the load may brou ht under the said gauge while it is beingma e up, in order to guide the persons loading the car and hence to prevent all defective loading.

For this purpose, the said apparatus consists essentially of an upright or vertical element which is suitably supported on the ground, and at the proper distance from one of the rails of a track, in such manner that the said element will suifice to verify the width of the load without taking account of the height, and also of ahead which can be rapidly mounted upon the said u ri ht, when it becomes necessary to also veri yet e height of the load and its travel under the parts of the gauge. 7

The appended drawing shows by way of example an embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 1 is a general front view of the gauge in the open or operative position. i

Fig. 2 is a partial front view of the said gauge in which it is open and is in the intermediate position, as is required for useupon tracks on down grade.

Fig. 3 shows the apparatus in the folded position. a 7

Referring to these figures, the upright 10 of the gauge consists of a tube, consisting preferably of a light metal, to'whose bottom part is secured a pivot member 26 adapt-ed for the pivotationof the three legs 27. The

twolegs 27a restupon the rail and the leg i d when the gauge is employed 'up n' grades. 7 v

a o observe the v t cal posi n o the epparatus, the upright is provided with .a spirit evei 33 situated below the e e po ition of the socket 29. v v

F or t Pra ica us of he app ratu upon grades, the leg which rests upon the ground compr ses a base or ground plate 34 Place ov t e p n e lend, a t

.tance between the latter and the line connecting the plates ,50' resting on the rail is such, that the plate 3%} may he. disposed, even for very short curves, upon the rail vsituated on the'side at. which the gauge is to be used, and the platesfoc. will be temporarily disposed on the other (Fig; 2).

The apparatusis placed inthe operative position, as upon a normal track, and is verticall by means of the said level an, the sleeve'32, and it is then placed in the 7 intermediate position (Fig. 2:); Its inclination from the vertical is then observed, since the level is graduated tothis effect. The apparatus isthen replaced in the vertical .position, and the sleeve 32 is adjusted so as to bring the bubble, into the position which it occupied 'in the preceding operation, and in this "manner the apparatus is exactly perpendicula'r tothe horizontal plane, of the sloping track. V p

In the same manner as the tripod base, the

upper part of theapparatus may be folded so as to reduce its size; For this purpose the to the open and the closed posi-j ne of the said struts consists of twov 1 IOU upper outline consists of a horizontal bar 35, pivoted to the top of the upright and connected by a joined strut 36 to a sleeve 37 which is slidable on the upright and may be pinned to the latter, as observed for the sleeve 29 in two different positions at 38 and 39, corresponding to the operative and the folded positions. w,

The bars 3536 are connected to the sections 41a, 41b of the outline of the gauge by means of the chains 40.

Obviously, the said invention is not limited to the constructions herein represented, and without departing from the spirit of the invention I may suitably modify the form, disposition and assembling of the several parts of the apparatus. The invention is independent of the nature of the materials in use, and the particular features described with reference to each constructional form may be combined in any suitable manner to produce a loading gauge which is adapted for any particular use.

Claims:

1. A portable loading gauge for railroad cars, comprising in combination, an upright, means by which the said upright may rest upon the ground, gauge outline sections, flexible means supporting said sections and adapted for folding with reference to the said upright,,means for observing the perpendicular position of the upright with reference to the track, and means'for regulating said perpendicular position.

2. A portable loading gauge for railroad cars, comprising in combination, an upright, sections forming the outline portion of the gauge, a support for the horizontal section of said outline portion, pivoted to the top of said upright, a support for the oblique section of said outline portion pivoted at one end to said horizontal support, short chains connecting said sections to said supports, a sleeve which is slidable on the upright and to which is pivoted the other end of said oblique support, and means adapted to hold the said sleeve in its two positions corresponding respectively to the open and the folded positions of the gauge.

3. In a portable loading gauge for railroad cars, the combination of an upright, a pivot member disposed at the lower end of said upright, a tripod the legs of which are pivoted to said member, two base plates mounted respectively at the bottom of each of two front legs of the tripod and adapted to be placed upon the rails of the track, a pointed portion at the bottom part of the rear leg, a ground plate situated above said pointed portion, a sleeve slidable on the said upright,two struts pivoted each at one end to a corresponding front leg and at the other end to the said sleeve, two sections placed in line and forming a strut for the rear leg, said sections being respectively pivoted to said sleeve JAGQUES REMOND. 

